§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Minister of Transport what variation her Department has made in the closure order conditions of the Nuneaton-CoventryLeamington railway line; and whether she will make a statement.
§ Mr. John Morris:My right hon. Friend has made no variation of the conditions requiring the provision of additional and revised bus services. But after consultation with the area Transport Users' Consultative Committee we have varied the conditions so as to delete some of the existing services from the list attached to the decision letter. These have little direct bearing on the closure and the operators requested their deletion on the grounds that it would allow them more flexibility to meet local traffic needs if 44W they no longer had to notify the Railways Board of every change in advance.
§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Minister of Transport what studies have been made in her Department of the feasibility of a rapid transit system between Nuneaton, Coventry and Leamington; and whether she will make a statement.
§ Mr. Carmichael:The Coventry Transportation Study, of which we are contributing half the cost, is examining the problems of commuter movement into and out of the City generally.
I understand that the Warwickshire County Council and the Coventry and Solihull Borough Councils have agreed in principle to a wider planning study which would include the Nuneaton-Coventry-Leamington Spa corridor.